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Vigil@nce: Solaris, denial of service via lp
June 2009 by Vigil@nce
A local attacker can use the lp command to cancel print jobs owned
by root.
Severity: 1/4
Consequences: denial of service of service
Provenance: user shell
Means of attack: no proof of concept, no attack
Ability of attacker: expert (4/4)
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)
Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
Creation date: 16/06/2009
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
– OpenSolaris
– Sun Solaris
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The lp command is used to print a file.
A local attacker can use the lp command to cancel print jobs owned
by root.
Technical details are unknown.
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: 247386, 6759604, VIGILANCE-VUL-8803
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Solaris-denial-of-service-via-lp-8803
